Last week there was worldwide outrage as news broke that an American dentist had killed a famous lion in Zimbabwe. Rather than a routine procedure gone wrong, the medical worker had actually paid roughly £35,000 to hunt the animal, seemingly unaware of the lion’s popularity.
Now, someone has taken the fight for justice for Cecil to Trafalgar Square. One of the bronze lion sculptures in the square has been adorned with the slogan ‘Je suis Cecil’, which takes inspiration from the phrase ‘Je suis Charlie’, that was used to show solidarity with the victims of the Charlie Hebdo killings in January:
Overseen in Trafalgar Square…. pic.twitter.com/LeBeXSY6vD
— Pádraig Belton (@PadraigBelton) August 3, 2015
While some may argue that the response to the death of the lion has become excessive, Mr S is at least more impressed with this show of solidarity than another effort to mark Cecil’s passing. The savvy phone company Goldgenie has commemorated the lion’s death with a limited edition gold Cecil the Lion smartphone priced at an impressive £1,580.
The amount going to charity for each sale? Just 10 per cent.
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